Differentiated Instruction Project

Reading Response Project

After reading, How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms by Carol Ann Tomlinson,
create a presentation of the summary of each chapter to demonstrate your understanding of the book in its
entirety. Make sure you include the main points of each chapter. This summary project should be useful to a
person as they are trying to remember the key points of each of the chapters. Your project should be created in
a colorful, appealing way to display your summaries.





































NAME: Jessica Barbis DATE:10/23/13
BOOK TITLE: How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms by Carol Ann Tomlinson
Book Project 3 points 2 points 1 points 0 points

RUBRIC
Information

Excellent Good Fair Poor Points
3 points
The book project
includes all
information
relevant to the
menu task in an
organized fashion.
Book project
includes all
relevant
information
about a menu
task; however, it
is not well-
organized.
Does not have all of
the relevant
information of the
book report project.
There is not enough
information
presented.
The book project is
lacking information.
There are many
gaps in information
presented.
Work
quality/effort
Excellent Good Fair Poor Points
The work exceeds
all expectations and
shows that the
learner is proud of
his/her work. The
effort put into this
task is the best it
can be by this
learner.
The work shows a
good amount of
effort the
learner is
capable of. It is
evident that time
was put into the
presentation.
Work is done with fair
effort, but the quality
is still not displaying
the learners best
capability. It is
evident that the work
was rushed.
The quality is not
what the learner is
capable of. It is
evident that the
work was rushed
and little time was
spent on the final
product. Work is
incomplete.

3 points
Style/Creativity Excellent Good Fair Poor Points
The book project is
creative, colorful (if
part of the
assignment) &
clear. It is not just a
list of facts. The
project is presented
in a clear and
concise manner with
full understanding
of the subject.
The book project
is clear, colorful
(if part of the
assignment) and
logical. It
contains some
aspects of the
assignment
choice as well as
very few
mistakes.
The book project
lacks some creativity
or effort, color (if
required component)
and reads more like a
list of facts. The
project lacks neatness
and clarity.
The book project
lacks a clear
understanding of
the subject matter
and there are many
errors. Project is
not colorful and/or
creative. Lack of
effort is very
evident.

3 points
Conventions Excellent Good Fair Poor Points
The book project
contains NO
grammatical and/or
spelling errors.
The book project
contains just a
few grammatical
and/or spelling
errors.
The book project
contains several
grammatical and/or
spelling errors.
The book project
contains many
grammatical and/or
spelling errors.

3 points
TOTAL POINTS 12
points

Comments: The finish project is a pillow. Jessica printed off each chapter onto a rectangle and sewed them all together
creating a pillow that can be displayed to see. *Will show in class*